/ ʃraɪn; NAmE / noun
1.
shrine (to sb/sth) | shrine (of sb/sth) a place where people come to worship because it is connected with a holy person or event :
a shrine to the Virgin Mary
to visit the shrine of Mecca
2.
shrine (to sb/sth) | shrine (for sb) a place that people visit because it is connected with sb/sth that is important to them :
Wimbledon is a shrine for all lovers of tennis.
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English scrīn cabinet, chest, reliquary , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schrijn and German Schrein , from Latin scrinium chest for books.